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This village has quite a few decent restaurants, also cafes and creperies. There's a large public parking area. The hotel was close to everything. No need to use a car. We were there for 4 nights, which was just about right for us. The pistes are all mostly intermediate and blue runs. So fun for me as I like to ski just cruising along stopping at mountain restaurants. The restaurant at the top of the Aravet Gondola has a great menu and entertainment. And perfectly placed for those who partied too much and didn't want to ski down.

This is a great resort for families. Access to the slopes is very easy (a few steps away) and a free bus will take you to any of the neighbouring ski lifts. We were particularly impressed by the Pontillas gondola (five minutes on the bus) as it takes you up very high to an incredible, long and wide green run which is right next to some blues. This was perfect for us as one of us is a beginner but the other two were ready for something a bit more adventurous. It is great to see such a great green run so high up. If there are any issues with snow down the bottom of the mountains, it tends to be the greens that suffer. The Pontillas is brand new so doesn't yet have a restaurant or facilities up there but we were warned in advance so it wasn't a problem. There is a lovely little restaurant at the bottom, called Chalet du Lac. Beginners can purchase a debutant ticket for 18 Euros which gets you up there for as long as you want and then back again. We found all the ski staff to be very polite and friendly which was lovely after experiencing unpleasantness in Bulgaria. Being a smaller town, we also loved how quiet it was. We barely queued at all while we were there.

I'd say try to book your holiday not too far in advance. This is difficult because resorts sell out, but if you're planning to ski you want there to be a lot of snow. We booked months in advance so there w as no guarantee it'd be super snowy and not warm and melty. It was a bit of the latter, unfortunately. Also check the dates of public school holidays for French kids (and British kids too, probably). Our holiday coincided with a French public school holiday which made for some very very crowded skiing and high anxiety. I'd recommend Le Swallow in the village for apres ski and dinner. There are plenty of more "traditional"-looking places to eat and drink around, but we found that the people here were so consistently nice (Arnaud and Natacha) that we didn't want to eat or drink anywhere else. Their food was also much better than at some of the other places that pop up on google maps or tripadvisor. I'll write a separate review for them later... :)